Gleanings — §648

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 648 of 729.

Source (Arabic)

علیک وعلی من معک من أحبّائي أَلَا إنّهم من الفایزین

Shoghi Effendi Translation

My glory be with thee and with those of My loved ones that associate with thee. These indeed are they with whom it shall be well.

Translation Notes

علیک

ʿlík ʿ-l-y → “my glory be with thee”

literal: upon; on

SE expanded to “My glory be with thee”

thee 30% upon 20% tribulation 10% envelop 10% sovereignty 10% encompassed 10% reveal 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §132: that gleaningsGWB §478: in thine affairs kitab-i-iqanKIQ §223: of prayers-and-meditationsP&M §251: the world the-hidden-wordsHW §42: reveal unto thee will-and-testamentW&T §59: upon you epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: his body gleaningsGWB §234: envelop thee

وعلی

wʿlí ʿ-l-w → “and with”

literal: highest; upon; exalted

SE rendered علیک (ʿlík), وعلی (wʿlí), معک (mʿk), أحبّائي (ʾaḥbbáʾí), إنّهم (ʾinnhm) as “My glory be with thee, and with, with thee, My loved ones, are they”

most 40% exalted 21% upon 16% do 5% unto 4% over 3% against 2% around 2% inaccessible 2% all 2%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §79: in fire-tabletFire §42: highest gleaningsGWB §133: loftiness kitab-i-ahdAhd §16: on the kitab-i-iqanKIQ §253: pre-eminent prayers-and-meditationsP&M §302: glorify tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §56: around her the-hidden-wordsHW §92: the realm on high

معک

mʿk m-ʿ → “notwithstanding”

literal: with; with/notwithstanding

notwithstanding 40% yet 20% although 7% though 7% associated 7% besides 7% view 7% nevertheless 7%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §128: Although gleaningsGWB §265: are associated with thee kitab-i-iqanKIQ §16: And yet epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §168: with it gleaningsGWB §311: With them kitab-i-iqanKIQ §280: Nevertheless epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §189: Me gleaningsGWB §150: though

أحبّائي

ʾaḥbbáʾí ḥ-b-b → “my loved ones”

literal: love; beloved; beloved ones

SE expanded to “My loved ones”

loved 45% love 18% followers 9% lovers 9% who 9% “my 9%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §150: cherishest fire-tabletFire §7: of Thy love gleaningsGWB §159: All honor kitab-i-iqanKIQ §205: the Best-Beloved prayers-and-meditationsP&M §278: I tablet-of-carmelCarmel §4: I long tablet-of-the-holy-marinerMariner §40: the Beloved One the-hidden-wordsHW §127: loved

إنّهم

ʾinnhm ʾ-n-n → “verily” Distinctive

literal: indeed; verily

This form usually rendered as “indeed” (6 occurrences)

verily 20% indeed 10% knight 10% “for 10% truly 10% reported 10% say 10% who 10% how 10%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §228: I, verily gleaningsGWB §414: that kitab-i-iqanKIQ §80: the prayers-and-meditationsP&M §33: that they epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §119: That knight kitab-i-iqanKIQ §234: they say prayers-and-meditationsP&M §470: how epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §264: reported to have

الفایزین

al-fáyzín f-w-z → “attain”

literal: attain

blissful 11% attain 11% have 11% achieve 11% god’s 11% favored 11% shall 11% hath 11% who 11%

epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §185: they may attain unto gleaningsGWB §691: achieveth kitab-i-iqanKIQ §265: salvation prayers-and-meditationsP&M §301: and entered tablet-of-carmelCarmel §3: hath showered the-hidden-wordsHW §111: gazeth upon epistle-to-the-son-of-the-wolfESW §64: have attained gleaningsGWB §506: that ye might behold

Model Translations by Shoghi Effendi

Epistle to the Son of the Wolf

Bahá’u’lláh

The last outstanding Tablet revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, written around 1891 and addressed to Shaykh Muḥammad-Taqí of Iṣfahán. It calls upon that rapacious priest to repent, quotes the most celebrated passages from Bahá’u’lláh’s own writings, and adduces proofs establishing the validity of His Cause.

268 ¶

Fire Tablet

Bahá’u’lláh

Revealed in late 1871 during a period of severe hardship in ‘Akká, this Tablet takes the form of an anguished dialogue between Bahá’u’lláh and God. Questions about the sufferings of the faithful are answered with divine assurances, building to a crescendo of triumph over tribulation.

50 ¶

Kitáb-i-’Ahd

Bahá’u’lláh

The Book of the Covenant — Bahá’u’lláh’s Will and Testament, written entirely in His own hand and unsealed on the ninth day after His ascension. It designates ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as His successor and establishes what Shoghi Effendi called the mightiest Covenant in all religious history.

16 ¶

Kitáb-i-Íqán

Bahá’u’lláh

The principal doctrinal work of the Faith, revealed in Baghdad within the space of two days and two nights in response to questions from the Báb’s maternal uncle. Shoghi Effendi described it as occupying a position unequalled by any work except the Kitáb-i-Aqdas — a model of Persian prose, at once original, chaste, vigorous, and remarkably lucid.

291 ¶

Prayers and Meditations

Bahá’u’lláh

Published in 1938, this companion volume to Gleanings contains 184 prayers and meditations selected by Shoghi Effendi from Bahá’u’lláh’s devotional writings revealed across successive exiles from Baghdad to ‘Akká. Shoghi Effendi described it as a volume whose perusal would deepen the spirit of devotion and faith.

858 ¶

Tablet of Aḥmad

Bahá’u’lláh

Revealed in Adrianople and addressed to a believer named Aḥmad, this Tablet has been invested by Bahá’u’lláh with a special potency and significance. Its central imagery draws on the metaphor of fire and water: “Be thou as a flame of fire to My enemies and a river of life eternal to My loved ones.”

17 ¶

Tablet of Carmel

Bahá’u’lláh

Revealed during a visit to Mount Carmel, this Tablet addresses the mountain directly and prophesies its future as the world spiritual and administrative center of the Faith. Shoghi Effendi designated it one of three foundational Charters. Its imagery of the Ark and the dwellers therein prefigures the Universal House of Justice.

5 ¶

Tablet of the Holy Mariner

Bahá’u’lláh

Chanted aloud in the outskirts of Baghdad just weeks before the Declaration in the Garden of Riḍván, its gloomy prognostications aroused the grave apprehensions of all who heard it. Only the Arabic portion has an authorized translation; the Persian portion remains untranslated.

57 ¶

The Hidden Words

Bahá’u’lláh

Seventy-one Arabic and eighty-two Persian aphorisms revealed around 1858 while walking along the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. Originally designated the “Hidden Book of Fáṭimih,” Shoghi Effendi described it as a marvelous collection of gem-like utterances occupying a position of unsurpassed preeminence among the ethical writings of the Faith.

160 ¶

Will and Testament

‘Abdu’l-Bahá

Written by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in three parts between 1901 and 1908, opened and read after His passing on 28 November 1921. Shoghi Effendi designated it the Charter of the New World Order — the mightiest instrument forged to ensure the continuity of the three ages of the Bahá’í Dispensation.

59 ¶